COVID-19 vaccination It is still a matter of public health around the world. Because it is an important step that will allow us to live with this epidemic. And when should I get the booster vaccination? It may make many people feel that this is quite a hassle.
In the United States, people are currently able to get a booster every four to six months at their convenience, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently considering proposing a new schedule for COVID-19 vaccination.
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The FDA’s Advisory Committee for Vaccines and Biologics is set to meet Thursday (Jan. 26) to discuss a new vaccination deadline. It has been changed to “one shot per year” for all U.S. citizens, regardless of vaccination status. To reduce confusion and having to remember when to get vaccinated. It’s a model similar to the annual influenza vaccination.
According to a brief released Monday (Jan. 23), the new guidelines will make it easier to alert public health about when to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The officials expect Making vaccination easier for people to understand could increase vaccination rates in the US.
However, exceptions may be made for those at high risk. Including the elderly and immunocompromised people, the FDA may recommend that these populations remain vaccinated twice per year.
Young children who have never been vaccinated or infected with the virus will still be vaccinated twice a year.
in general in influenza vaccination Researchers and modelers often look at epidemic situations in countries in the global southern hemisphere that will face an influenza season first. Generally May-October to predict the outbreak season in the US. will be and determine the timing of influenza vaccination accordingly
Therefore, when the FDA wants the COVID-19 vaccination It has the same model as the flu vaccine, so it is expected that the FDA will try to study and determine in late spring or early summer whether COVID-19 Which species will be the most plague in the fall and winter? and get the vaccine ready To communicate to the public to get vaccinated at the time to be determined
“The FDA expects to assess the strain of COVID-19. At least once a year and hold a meeting of the Vaccine and Biological Products Advisory Committee around the beginning of June every year to identify the strains of COVID-19. expected outbreaks in the fall,” the FDA said.
Compiled from ABC News
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